Arashi Rikan II as Inuzuka Shino Moritake and Nakamura Utaemon III, Inukai Kenpachi Michinobu in the Rooftop Battle at Horyukaku from "The Eight Loyal Dogs of the House of Satomi" Series (Satomike Hakkenshi No uchi Ichinin)
Artist/Culture
Ryusai Shigeharu
(Japanese)
Publisher
Unknown
DateSpring 1834
MediumWoodblock print with silver, gold, and embossing (Diptych).
Dimensions37.5 x 51 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineAlexander H. Bullock Fund
Object number1994.264.2
DescriptionSee attached sheetThis oban diptych has at least 2 states with and without red stamp of the engraver. A commercial version of the same scene, designably Shunko sai Hokuei and published by Honsei at the same date, is reproducing his Speises (pl. 19).
ProvenanceIsrael Goldman, London
On View
Not on viewRyusai Shigeharu
Spring 1834
Ryusai Shigeharu
early spring 1834
Utagawa Kunisada I 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III 三代 豊国)
1830s